“Racing in the Street,” from 1978’s Darkness on the Edge of Town, is a favorite among country artists: Charlie Robison and Justin Townes Earle have both recorded it over the past few years. This version’s on Van Zandt’s Roadsongs.

Malo and crew punch up an understated and underrated track from Tunnel of Love.

Juli Thanki is the editor of Engine 145 and a freelance writer whose work has appeared in the Washington Post, Bluegrass Unlimited, and M Music & Musicians Magazine. In 2011 she received the International Bluegrass Music Association Print Media Person of the Year award.